(;FF[4]
CA[UTF-8]
GM[1]
DT[2025-04-03]
PC[OGS: https://online-go.com/game/73959050]
GN[ Irish Go Championship final Game 1]
PB[Larion0807]
PW[LUXINQUN]
BR[3d]
WR[5d]
TM[5400]OT[5x60 byo-yomi]
RE[B+4.5]
SZ[19]
KM[6.5]
RU[Japanese]
C[Larion0807: Have a nice game
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;B[pp]
(;W[cd]
(;B[pd]
(;W[dq]
(;B[ec]
(;W[de]
(;B[hc]
(;W[qf]
(;B[qh]
(;W[nq]
(;B[pf]
(;W[pe]
(;B[oe]
(;W[qe]
(;B[pg]
(;W[qd]
(;B[pc]
(;W[qc]
(;B[qb]
(;W[rb]
(;B[pb]
(;W[rg]
(;B[rh]
(;W[cn]
C[John_C: This is game 1 of the Irish Go Championship final. The final is a best of three game match. 
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(;B[dp]
(;W[ep]
C[takitsutemoto: great
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(;B[cq]
(;W[cp]
(;B[do]
(;W[co]
(;B[eq]
(;W[dr]
(;B[fp]
(;W[eo]
(;B[dn]
(;W[fq]
(;B[en]
(;W[er]
(;B[cm]
(;W[bm]
(;B[bl]
(;W[cl]
(;B[dm]
(;W[bn]
(;B[ck]
C[John_C: The final is between Xinqun Lu and Larion Syrotkin
John_C: Xinqun is a strong European 4dan player. He has only played a few games against European players outside of Ireland, but has beaten some very strong players such as Cornel Burzo 6dan and Koichiro Habu 5dan. Xinqun’s only foreign tournament was the US Go Congress in 2022, finishing with 8/9 and a 6dan AGA rating performance.
John_C: Larion is a rapidly improving player. Last year, he was rated 8kyu on OGS, but now plays as a 7dan on Fox. He is the highest rated U11 in Europe. He is 8 years old. 
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(;W[id]
(;B[if]
(;W[dl]
(;B[el]
(;W[hd]
(;B[ic]
(;W[gd]
(;B[gc]
(;W[fd]
(;B[db]
(;W[ne]
(;B[nd]
(;W[md]
(;B[me]
(;W[nf]
(;B[mc]
(;W[ld]
(;B[lc]
(;W[kd]
(;B[kc]
(;W[jc]
(;B[jb]
(;W[jd]
(;B[nc]
(;W[of]
(;B[od]
(;W[nh]
(;B[ra]
(;W[sb]
(;B[sd]
(;W[rd]
C[S0nge: Impressive
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(;B[oh]
(;W[mg]
(;B[nj]
(;W[ni]
(;B[oi]
(;W[qn]
(;B[np]
(;W[rp]
(;B[mq]
(;W[ql]
(;B[qq]
(;W[oj]
(;B[mi]
(;W[mh]
(;B[pk]
(;W[pj]
(;B[qk]
(;W[nk]
(;B[rl]
(;W[qj]
(;B[rj]
(;W[pl]
(;B[rm]
(;W[ok]
(;B[rk]
(;W[po]
C[Has_4869: 🙂
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(;B[oo]
(;W[qi]
(;B[qo]
C[Trevoke: 7d on fox is ...  2d OGS? I realize the dan ranks on OGS are sufficiently foggy to compete with various coasts from pulp novels
shinuito: I think part of the problem is that at some point players leave OGS to play on Fox
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(;W[rn]
C[azazil: Why wouldn't they? There are like 3 people you can get an even game against on OGS as a dan, and it's the same 3 each time
jmdingess: OGS is quite beginner friendly, not needing to download any client and being able to just jump in and play - but all the strong players are on the other sites
shinuito: individually it makes sense, but then the more people that think like that, the less there are here to match with
jmdingess: mhm
azazil: Obviously. Except I only get to make choices for one person
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(;B[pn]
(;W[qm]
C[John_C: Larion reached 2dan on OGS back in October. 2dan OGS might be 5dan Fox
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(;B[ri]
(;W[sm]
C[azazil: Either way, it's a delight to see a kid advancing like that
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(;B[qg]
(;W[rf]
(;B[pi]
(;W[og]
(;B[ol]
(;W[ph]
(;B[pm]
(;W[ro]
(;B[rq]
(;W[ei]
C[shinuito: wow, I didn't imagine black surviving that
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(;B[dk]
(;W[hj]
C[John_C: Yeah, it ended being a massive trade
John_C: White has invested everything in the centre
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(;B[dh]
(;W[di]
(;B[ci]
(;W[ch]
C[Ikkigukki: Fascinating match
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(;B[cg]
(;W[bh]
(;B[bi]
(;W[bg]
(;B[fi]
(;W[fj]
C[John_C: Can the black stones in the centre survive?
shinuito: you get some endgame I think with b14
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(;B[bf]
C[shinuito: but then f11 for f10 looks like a bad exchange
azazil: No way white loses this game, that was a good sacrifice 
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(;W[dg]
C[Thurbur: Off topic - does anybody have a good resource or recommendation for finding teaching games or a tutor? dm me I suppose so I don't clutter chat
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(;B[eh]
(;W[fh]
C[kano4526: Nice cut
John_C: Yeah, it takes courage to sacrifice a big group like R6. I think Xinqun has very good positional judgement
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(;B[eg]
C[John_C: Thurbur, if you go to your local club, there will be strong players willing to give you advice
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(;W[fg]
C[aloisp: Thurbur: search for Micheal Redmond on Youttube
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(;B[ef]
(;W[df]
(;B[ah]
(;W[cf]
(;B[ag]
C[jmdingess: super cool sequence
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(;W[cg]
(;B[gi]
C[shinuito: yeah, much deeper than I was thinking of :)
meow_wo: Black can reduce the center a little now?
jmdingess: [object Object\]
jmdingess: theres a question of if B can live here
jmdingess: seems tough
John_C: Xinqun can either go all in with E10 or maybe play it safe and allow white to reduce his centre a bit
gor: white would like to resist but its complicated
jmdingess: [object Object\]
jmdingess: [object Object\]
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(;W[ej]
C[John_C: [object Object\]
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(;B[gj]
(;W[gk]
C[John_C: All in!
jmdingess: yeah thats probably black's best bet
jmdingess: ooo
ronin3: it's coming on the board!
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(;B[hk]
(;W[hi]
(;B[gh]
C[meow_wo: white probably read out that he can capture everything
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(;W[hh]
(;B[gg]
(;W[ff]
(;B[fk]
C[yelleknave: WOW
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(;W[gl]
(;B[ik]
(;W[hm]
C[jmdingess: [object Object\]
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(;B[ij]
(;W[hg]
(;B[gf]
C[ronin3: white wouldn't probably play 2 but give atari as just did
jlt: [object Object\]
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(;W[ee]
(;B[hf]
C[ronin3: nothing beter than a crane's nest in a 5d game :)
meow_wo: WOW
Maslov: The end
meow_wo: rip white
ronin3: it's a lot of ko threats now w is unstopable
jmdingess: [object Object\]
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(;W[lq]
C[John_C: Not sure
jmdingess: [object Object\]
John_C: I think H13 can be considered a mistake, because now when black captures the white stones, as there are 4, he makes two eyes
jmdingess: mhm
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(;B[jh]
C[John_C: Before black capturing white's 3 stones didn't guarantee two eyes
John_C: K12 has got to be slow?
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(;W[mp]
(;B[fo]
(;W[om]
C[presidente: seems black is not interested in retaining his advantage
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(;B[nl]
C[jmdingess: oh wow
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(;W[on]
(;B[po]
(;W[mm]
(;B[ml]
C[aoirinban: cute, but doesn't work
aoirinban: i wonder if black was afraid of this when he played k12
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(;W[no]
C[jmdingess: it took me a while to see the loose ladder doesnt work aha
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(;B[ll]
(;W[op]
C[Panda37: Is Larion a Ukrainian refugee or he lived in Ireland before war?
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(;B[oq]
(;W[or]
C[John_C: Larion is a Ukrainian refugee from the war
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(;B[np]
(;W[sh]
(;B[qp]
(;W[op]
C[John_C: White is really going a great job of making it tricky
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(;B[nn]
(;W[pq]
(;B[nm]
(;W[gp]
(;B[gq]
(;W[go]
C[Panda37: Quite a few Ukrainian kids doing well in Go abroad, nice to see
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(;B[eq]
(;W[fr]
(;B[gn]
(;W[io]
(;B[hn]
(;W[ip]
(;B[in]
(;W[lj]
(;B[jo]
(;W[jp]
(;B[am]
(;W[bq]
(;B[mo]
(;W[np]
(;B[ko]
(;W[cb]
C[Trevoke: Bit of a silver lining from the horrors they're escaping, to be sure
John_C: It's endgame now. Sometimes children are not so strong in the endgame
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(;B[kp]
(;W[kq]
(;B[lp]
(;W[mr]
C[John_C: So it turns out if is black making points in the centre, just as we suspected all along 😂
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(;B[ki]
(;W[li]
(;B[mk]
(;W[mj]
(;B[ho]
(;W[hp]
(;B[cc]
(;W[bc]
(;B[dc]
(;W[fc]
(;B[fb]
(;W[ba]
(;B[be]
(;W[bd]
(;B[an]
(;W[ao]
(;B[al]
(;W[qr]
(;B[rr]
(;W[kk]
(;B[kl]
(;W[jk]
(;B[jl]
(;W[jj]
(;B[ji]
(;W[kf]
(;B[qs]
(;W[pr]
(;B[kg]
(;W[bp]
(;B[lf]
(;W[si]
(;B[sp]
C[💖 KoBa 💖: heh i gotta admit, when white played h10 ~100 moves ago, i did not see black making any points in center >___>
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(;W[jf]
(;B[lg]
(;W[jg]
(;B[ig]
(;W[ek]
(;B[fl]
(;W[sj]
(;B[sn]
(;W[le]
(;B[kh]
(;W[da]
(;B[ea]
(;W[ca]
(;B[je]
(;W[ke]
(;B[ie]
(;W[mf]
(;B[dj]
(;W[ep]
(;B[ge]
(;W[ps]
(;B[rs]
C[jmdingess: the whole sequence beginning at F11 was so cool
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(;W[ad]
(;B[af]
(;W[sg]
(;B[sl]
C[jmdingess: [object Object\]
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(;W[se]
(;B[gb]
(;W[ce]
(;B[ai]
(;W[ed]
(;B[eb]
(;W[dd]
(;B[ae]
(;W[sk]
(;B[so]
(;W[lk]
(;B[eo]
(;W[eq]
(;B[he]
(;W[lh]
(;B[ii]
(;W[kj]
(;B[ih]
(;W[fe]
(;B[]
C[Nick Wilde: that was so much fun - great job black
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(;W[sa]
(;B[qa]
(;W[]
(;B[]
C[glizzybirb: ggs to both
💖 KoBa 💖: GG!
GonJinn: gg
blee.dublin: Wow, congrats Larion !!
shinuito: what a game gg!
John_C: play welled both
meow_wo: gg
Ikkigukki: gg
fightyoats: gg
emauton: 🎉
kano4526: gg
AkiK: gg
RemiPanjo:  Congrats and well fought!
uty: wow
glizzybirb: fun game to watch
kano4526: when is the next game?
John_C: Thank you for watching game 1 of the Irish Go Championship final
DaddyOho: Congratulations Larion!
John_C: The next game will probably be next week at the same time
John_C: But I will have to check with the players
John_C: The final is a best of three
kano4526: oh
John_C: The next game will be this Thursday at 20:30 Irish time
John_C: Same time as this game, just one week later
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